Populist parties enjoy stable support in various European countries. The literature on the
rise of populism argues that this support especially increases in times of crises. Surprisingly …

Does the expansion of voting by mail lead to higher turnout rates? Our thesis challenges the
theoretical motivation underlying existing studies that expect merely a substitution effect, or …

The COVID-19 pandemic has seen opponents of public health mandates deploy a range of
populist and anti-elite arguments. The 2021 Canadian federal election was an exceptional …

This chapter adopts a demand-side perspective and focuses on the role of right-wing
populism in public attitudes toward the trade-off between public health and the economy …

The COVID-19 pandemic has had tremendous impacts on political, economic and social
developments across the globe. Although some studies show that voters tend to hold …

As immigration issues waned in salience during the COVID-19 pandemic, populist radical
right (PRR) parties repositioned themselves by politicizing various pandemic policies. In …

This study tests if deaths caused by the COVID-19 epidemic influence levels of electoral
coordination. Specifically, it tests if a higher number of epidemic deaths strengthens in-group …

Voters use salient issues to inform their vote choice. Using 2020 Cooperative Election Study
(CES) data, we analyze how short-, medium-, and long-term issues informed the vote for …

The literature on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected vote choice provides evidence
of both'rally-'round-the-flag'effects and the influence of perceived government pandemic …

How much of a role did the COVID-19 pandemic play in determining the 2020 General
Election outcome? Just as the state of the economy influences candidate vote choice, we …